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Flu Season

Friday, January 11, 2013

Flu Cases Up 15-Fold in Arlington This Season

It's not too late to get vaccinated.

Arlington has 77 confirmed cases of the flu so far this season, a more than 15-fold increase over the town’s five confirmed cases last season, Christine Connolly, the town’s director of health and human services, wrote in an email Thursday evening. And the 77 confirmed cases only represent a fraction of people in town who have had the flu, according to Connolly. “The confirmed cases are only those that are tested by a doctor or at a hospital,” she wrote. “The actual number of cases is expected to be much higher.” This flu season started in early December. The last flu season went from late March through early April, Connolly wrote. Boston Under ‘Public Health Emergency’ Arlington is one of many communities in Massachusetts experiencing a …

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Harriet

12:32 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Public Health Department Seeking Volunteers for Flu Season

Town looking for residents to join Medical Reserve Corp in preparation of this year's flu clinics.

Arlington is seeking volunteers to join the town's Medical Reserve Corp in preparation for this year's flu season. Health and Human Services Director Christine Connolly said her department is ramping up outreach this summer so the town is ready with plenty of volunteers when flu vaccination begins later this year. "We do have a very active Medical Reserve Corp, which came in very handy when we had the H1N1 vaccinations," Connolly said, adding about 7,000 Arlington residents were vaccinated for H1N1 in 2009. "We are a very small health department, and we couldn't have done it without the volunteers," she added. The Health and Human Services Department is seeking people of all backgrounds to provide services that include directing residents …

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